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BIG NEWS: Apex is now on view at the Museum! Thought to be the largest and one of the most complete Stegosaurus specimens ever found, this 150-million-year-old fossil can now be seen in the Museum’s Griffin Exploration Atrium.

Apex will be studied as part of a new research initiative by scientists in the Museum’s Division of Paleontology focused on Stegosaurus biology, including the unique ornithischian dinosaur’s growth and life history. This work will require taking a small sample from a thigh bone of the specimen, which will become part of the Museum’s permanent scientific collection. All resulting 3D digital models, including the internal structures of its skull from new CT scans taken at the Museum, will be made available as a scientific resource for the wider community of researchers.

Photo: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH

Trailer for "Encounters in the Milky Way"

Opening June 2025: A new Hayden Planetarium Space Show, narrated by Pedro Pascal.

The Space Show will screen in the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater, the American Museum of Natural History.